Bio:
Mattias, Adolph B.,
1844
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----Source: 1918 History of Clark Co., WI, by Franklyn, Curtiss-Wedge, 1880 State Census--Mayville, Clark,
Wisconsin
Surnames:
Adolph B. Mattias,
1844
A. B. Matthias & Family ADOLPH B. MATTIAS, a progressive and successful farmer of Hoard Township,
of which he is one of the leading citizens, was born in Milwaukee, Wis., Feb.
26, 1844, son of Julius and Wilhelmina (Roggenbuk) Matthias. The parents, who
were natives of Germany, came to America when young, the grandfather,
Matthias, buying 160 acres of land, now forming part of the site of Milwaukee,
for $1.25 an acre. This purchase was made in 1834. The parents of our subject
moved to Sheboygan County in 1853, buying a farm there, on which Julius
Matthias died at the age of 75 years in 1881. His wife died in 1878, at the
age of 62. They had seven children: Adolph B., of Hoard Township, Clark
County; Herman, who resides at Antigo, Wis.; Otto, of Sheboygan County, Wis.;
Henriette and Augusta (twins), Henriette living in Niagara, Wis., and Augusta
being dead, and Wilhelmina, who lives in Sheboygan County. Adolph B. Matthias
finished his schooling at Plymouth, and resided at home until 1861. He then
enlisted in the Eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, being mustered in at
Madison, Wis., and serving under Generals Grant and Sherman in the Army of the
Tennessee. He took part in the battles of Corinth, Ft. Donelson, Vicksburg and
Nashville, Tenn., being at Vicksburg at the time that city surrendered. From a
private he was promoted to the rank of sergeant, and after the surrender of
Vicksburg went to Mobile, Ala., among the other engagements in which he took
part, being those of Missionary Creek, Mechanicsburg, Richmond and the opening
of the Mississippi. In 1865 he received an honorable discharge at Demopolis,
Ala., and returned to Plymouth, Sheboygan County, Wis., where he learned the
blacksmiths' trade. In 1870 he came to Clark County and homesteaded 160 acres
of land in what is now Section 36, Hoard Township. Here he erected a log cabin
and as soon as possible secured a yoke of oxen. In 1876 he built a frame
addition to his house, residing there until 1915, when he moved to his present
location in Section 33. His farm consists of 200 acres in Section 36 and the
forty in Section 33, his residence being in Section 33. One hundred and sixty
acres of the home farm is now owned and operated by his son, Franklin, while
forty acres is owned and operated by his youngest son, Adolph. Mr. Matthias
has also at different times bought other tracts of land, and is one of the
prosperous and enterprising farmers of his township. He is engaged largely in
dairying, having been one of the first farmers in the vicinity to devote
special attention to that industry. He raises Guernsey cattle, graded, and
milks as many as twenty cows. On various occasions he has served in public
office, having been elected school clerk in 1872 and 1880, being chairman of
Hoard Township board in 1891, and a member of the board several different
times. In 1891, when the township was organized, he was elected justice of the
peace, and served in that office until 1915. His connection with the school
board, in different offices, has lasted from the organization of the district
up to the present time. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Matthias was
married April 5, 1873, to Ernestena Stange, who was born in Germany and came
to this country with her parents when young, the family settling in Loyal
Township, Clark County, in 1871. He and his wife have five children and nine
grandchildren, the children being Franklin, of Hoard Township; Alfred, of
Seattle, Wash.; Emil, of Green Grove Township; Annie, now Mrs. R. H. Meyer, of
Athens, Wis., and Adolph, of Hoard Township. Of those who are married,
Franklin has four children-Emil, one; Alfred, one, and Annie, three. 1880 State Census--Mayville, Clark,
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Name
Relation
Marital
Sex
Color
Age
Birthplace
Occupation
Father Born
Mother Born
Adolph B. Mathias
Head
Married
male
White
36
Wisconsin
Farmer
Prussia
Prussia
Ernstine Mathias
Wife
Married
female
White
22
Prussia
Housekeeping
Prussia
Prussia
Franklin H. Hathias
Son
Single
male
White
4
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Prussia
William Dediemar
Other
Single
male
White
36
New York
Railroad Labor
New York
New York
Peter Thompson
Other
Single
male
White
23
New York
Railroad Labor
New York
New York
Fredrick Arndt
Other
Single
male
White
20
Prussia
Railroad Labor
Prussia
Prussia
William Flandsburg
Other
Single
male
White
28
New York
Railroad Labor
New York
New York
Franklin Jackson
Other
Married
male
White
45
Maine
Railroad Labor
Maine
Maine
Carl A. Dediemar
Other
Single
male
White
33
New York
Railroad Labor
New York
New York
Fritz Franklin
Other
Single
male
White
30
Vermont
Railroad Labor
Wisconsin
Vermont
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